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Op-Ed
The COVID-19 pandemic has focussed attention on Canada’s preparedness for the next pandemic, especially in terms of vaccine development and self-sufficiency. As we faced disruptions in the supply of COVID vaccines from other countries, many politicians, academics and pundits called for a public agency that would be charged with pandemic vaccine production and possibly vaccine development, as well…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: March 2, 2022
Re: Straight Talk About Healthcare Costs
Total healthcare spending in Canada was $308 billion in 2021, according to Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimates. That’s up 15.3 percent ($40.8 billion) since 2019, swollen by $22.8 billion targeted at COVID-19.
This is not the real…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
From: Brian Livingston
Date: December 14, 2022
Re: Counting Carbon II: A Reality Check on Our Emission Reduction Plan
The federal government’s ambitious Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) sets out targets for seven economic sectors as it aims to cut 2030 emissions by 42 percent from 2019 levels. But the ERP is…
Media Release
August 4, 2022 – At the five-month mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has the heavy cost of US$8.9 trillion conservatively, a loss equivalent to more than four times the entire annual income of all Canadians. The estimates include human costs of $4.7 trillion, concentrated in Ukraine, but affecting people worldwide as the impacts of the war spread, according to a new report…
Intelligence Memos
From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
To: Ontario Ministry of Health
Date: July 19, 2022
Re: Ontario’s Nursing Challenge: How Serious Is It?
Nursing understaffing is not a new problem in Ontario, but it is getting worse.
Research has shown that the service gap in nursing was alarming before COVID-19. For decades, Ontario has had a low ratio of working registered nurses (RNs) per population. The…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Concerned About Pharmaceutical Access
From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
Date: December 12, 2022
Re: The Prescription Drug Gaps in Canada
A significant number of Canadians do not have adequate access to prescription drugs.
Twenty one percent of adults surveyed in a new Statistics Canada report said they had no prescription drug coverage in 2021. Across provinces, the proportion…
